diff --git a/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy b/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
index 551571fbd5ef4c23887cf98e64e1a7009408c752..76f21e4b377e9b38e1e5aebfef253b8b7591dcd7 100644
--- a/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
+++ b/vars/backendServicePipeline.groovy
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ def call(String repo, String branch) {
 
     stage('update backend services') {
       steps {
-        git branch: 'main',
-                credentialsId: 'tucker-gitlab-login',
-                url: 'https://gitlab.cs.umd.edu/dawn/go-backend/dawn-cli'
-        sh """
+        sh '''
+            curl -o docker-compose-dev.yml --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: y2FHtFXMC8X13onnEfiE" "https://gitlab.cs.umd.edu/api/v4/projects/16574/repository/files/docker-compose-dev.yml/raw?ref=main"
             dawn-cli deploy
-        """ 
+        '''
       }
     }